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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 23 |
| Hills, Henry | 19 |
| Hills, Henry (1713) | 19 |
| Dryden, John (1631-1700) | 12 |
| Foote, Samuel (1720-1777) | 11 |
| Garrick, David (1717-1779) | 9 |
| Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759) | 9 |
| Handel, George Frideric | 8 |
| Shippen, William (1673-1743) | 8 |
| Farquhar, George (1678-1707) | 6 |
The volunteers, or, The stock-jobbers : a comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesties servants at the Theatre Royal
Shadwell, Thomas (1642?-1692); Knapton, James (1738); Blavatnik Honresfield Library
1693
First edition. BHL 01 has 17 items/plays in two volumes. Volume 1 has 8 items and volume 2 has 9 items. BHL 01 (vol 2): seventeenth [final] item in bound volumes of total 17 items. Bound with: T...
Chartæ Scriptæ: or a New game at cards call'd Play by the Booke
Gayton, Edmund (1608-1666)
Printed in the year 1645
Begins [pp.2-8] with 9 unsigned poems relating to the book, followed by poetical characters under the names of Aces and court cards of the four suits, and topics related to those numbered 10 to 2. A...
The siege of Rhodes : made a representation by the art of prospective in scenes, and the story sung in recitative musick, at the back part of Rutland-House in the upper end of Aldersgate-Street, London
D'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668)
1656
Part 1 only, no more published at this time. "To the Reader", August 17 1656, is "signed" Will. D'Avenant. Without the music. Errors in paging: p. 34 numbered 38, p. 38-39 numbered 34-35. Anon...
Hymen's præludia, or, Loves master-piece. : Being the six last parts of that so much admired romance intituled Cleopatra
La Calprenède, Gaultier de Coste seigneur de (1663); Coles, John (1623-); Webb, James (fl. 1658)
1663
The dedication at the beginning is signed by John Coles. Sectional titles, dated 1659, precede the second and third divisions of the text (pt.9-10: Printed for Humphrey Moseley and for John Crooke; pt...
The art of poetry, written in French
Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); Soames, Sir William; Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)
1710
Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717. A piracy? Mentioned by Macdonald (p.37) as a late edition, but without comment.
The hind and the panther : transvers'd to the story of the country-mouse and the city-mouse
Halifax, Charles Montagu earl of (1661-1715); Prior, Matthew (1664-1721); Hills, Henry (1713)
1709
A piracy? Not in Macdonald. Anonymous. By Charles Montagu, Earl of Halifax, and Matthew Prior. Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', 1717.
Moderation display'd : a poem
Shippen, William (1673-1743); Hills, Henry (1713)
1709
The author of Faction display'd = William Shippen; this work is only doubtfully attributed to him. Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717. ...
Eleonora : a panegyrical poem, dedicated to the memory of the late Countess of Abingdon
Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)
1709
Dedication signed: John Dryden. A piracy?. Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717.
The wife, a poem. Express'd in a compleat wife : With an elegy on the untimely death of the author, poyson'd in the tower, &c
Overbury, Sir Thomas (1581-1613); Hills, Henry (1713)
1709
Signatures: A⁸. First published in 1614 as 'A wife, now a widowe'. Also issued as part of 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', 1717.--cf. Foxon.
Absalom and Achitophel : a poem
Dryden, John (1631-1700)
1708
p.22 printed in double columns. By John Dryden.
A panegyrick on Oliver Cromwell : and his victories
Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713); Waller, Edmund (1606-1687); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Hills, Henry (1713)
1709
Three poems on his death originally published in 1653 as: Three poems upon the death of His late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland. A piracy?.
The campaign : a poem, to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); Hills, Henry (1713); Marlborough, John Churchill Duke of (1650-1722)
1710
Also issued as part of: 'A collection of the best English poetry, by several hands', London, 1717. A piracy?. In this issue on p. 3, the last word of line 12 reads: "campaign".